How to get the best key words in your content.

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I'm in the process of updating my business website to make it much more Google friendly and I wondered how other people have settle don the key words that they should use?


I've spoken to a colleague who has quite a lot of experience in this area (although I wouldn't call him an expert!) and he's made a few suggestions which I think have been quite helpful:


SemRush:
SemRush is pretty easy to use and free, and it shows you the top three keywords that your site ranks for, and you can also check out your competitors too. I've looked at this and have written my blogs around the results but it does seem to change quite often which I guess is where adding regular content comes in.


Google Keyword planner:
This is meant to be the holy grail of SEO but I haven't yet spent enough time there to understand it fully. I have a Google account and have signed up but haven't yet managed to have any luck with any results without Google calling me to try and take my money! Has anyone else had any luck there?


Common sense:
To be blunt, put yourself on the other end of the keyboard. If you were looking for your product what would you search for? Sometimes people try and get too technical and think too much out of the box which ends up over-complicating the whole process. Use your common sense and put yourself in the mind of your target market to come up with the best search queries.


Use location:
Apparently something like 80% (don't' quote me on that, but it is high!) of internet searchers type a location after their product search. Even if you have a service which can be provided remotely such as web design or copywriting, people still like to do business locally. Consider putting your home town, city, and state in your copy too.


I know that increasing your SERP ranking is a lengthy process and updating a regular blog using relevant keywords definitely helps. but does anyone have any more tips for hot to make sure that the right keywords are in your copy and online content?
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  • Profile picture of the author oneyouki1984
    In my SEO experience its better to focus on content that sounds great and then hit a few keywords in the title etc. DONT put out content that is bloated with keywords.
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    • Profile picture of the author Intuz
      Originally Posted by oneyouki1984 View Post

      In my SEO experience its better to focus on content that sounds great and then hit a few keywords in the title etc. DONT put out content that is bloated with keywords.
      Agree with you that we should focus on content rather than keywords. But what if we are targeting some keywords for rankings?
      How to use those keywords?
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      • Profile picture of the author oneyouki1984
        Its best to just talk about the subject. Say you are selling a content management system. Write content about that. Be logical but don't bloat your content with content management system. "A great content management system is better then a bad content management system. Our XYZ content management system is the best content management system when comparing to other content management systems." <<< thats death.
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        • Profile picture of the author mattsuth
          Originally Posted by oneyouki1984 View Post

          Its best to just talk about the subject. Say you are selling a content management system. Write content about that. Be logical but don't bloat your content with content management system. "A great content management system is better then a bad content management system. Our XYZ content management system is the best content management system when comparing to other content management systems." <<< thats death.
          Oh I know, it looks awful! The idea is to have content that is easy to read and what you just wrote, isn't!!!
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    • Profile picture of the author Honey Bunny SEO
      Originally Posted by oneyouki1984 View Post

      In my SEO experience its better to focus on content that sounds great and then hit a few keywords in the title etc. DONT put out content that is bloated with keywords.
      Couldn't agree more with that!

      There are few more tricks with SEO tools you can do to locate search terms that people ask with your seed query.

      I'm gathering long tails with SEMrush, for example, and use Serpstat for search suggestions and when I'm looking for what good keywords some of my pages are missing. There's a "Missing Keyword" option when you analyze URL that shows which keywords are missed out from my page but are presented on similar pages from the top of search.
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  • Profile picture of the author KylieSweet
    The keyword phrase within your content would be the needs and expectations of your target audience.
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  • Profile picture of the author jipolis7
    Better to focus on a fewer keywords ad first. Both short and long tail keywords taking the competitiveness/monthly searches etc. in to consideration.

    All the best!
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  • Profile picture of the author BlossMart
    Hi, I would definitely use Keyword Tracker from Google as a starting point there are heaps of ways to find out the keywords that rank highly for your niche.

    I would be careful not to completely over do it though, I have a client that is wanting me to basically put in every keyword known to man into his content and it just wouldn't make sense when reading it.. however I will end up reaching a happy medium.

    For the sake of your content reading well as well as ranking with Google, there needs to be a balance.
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  • Profile picture of the author MidelSunRise
    Look for Long-Tail Keywords.
    Use Latent Semantic Indexing.
    Keep an Eye on Trends.
    Incorporate Location-Based Keywords.
    See What Works with Analytics.
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  • Profile picture of the author chenbui
    Published content-related keywords. about 5 per keyword related articles. Doing so will increase your keyword rankings
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  • Profile picture of the author prakashmalhotra
    Google adwords will assist you to find the keywords related to the niche of your website. It will check all the keywords related to your search & help you to analyze which keyword will help your website to get the top rank in Google quickly & help to generate immense traffic on it as well.
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  • Profile picture of the author gpacx
    I think that latent semantic indexing is one of the most powerful tools that you can use to incorporate a variety of keywords into your text. However, a lot of people are overlooking a key aspect of the SEO process which is to actually provide quality content for your users. I would pose the following question: do you think that stuffing your content with keywords makes it more or less enjoyable for your readers? Do you think that intentionally inserting keywords into a piece of text is going to make it more enjoyable or less enjoyable to read?

    I would focus more on the actual quality of your content and the value it provides and trust that when you write something that is actually beneficial to a lot of people that you'll get the readership and views that you deserve, not just once, but actually on a recurring basis and that that will improve your search engine traffic more than trying to trick Google.
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  • Profile picture of the author Rocket Media
    I don't do keyword research anymore. I do TOPIC research. Using SEMrush, you can look at which content pieces are ranking for which keywords on a certain website. Usually, one content piece will rank for multiple keywords. All of these keywords are based around one single topic. Write about that topic!
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  • If you want to get the best keywords for your content make sure you already have a content in mind so you can incorporate the keywords you have in mind. There are free keyword research tools available like Google Adwords, WordStream, KWFinder, KeywordTool.io, etc. Make sure to research on long tail keywords (search terms that are 3-5 words in length).
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  • Profile picture of the author COMMENT S101
    I agree, there are certain things that you need to consider with your keyword research too. You need to use long tail keywords, popular searches compared to the keyword you are targeting, the target location is also a great thing to check or consider.
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  • Profile picture of the author to pang
    I suggest that when you start doing your keyword research, try to make sure that the keywords are of value and will attract relevant blog readers. Try to be more specific with the keywords you are to use. For example, instead of saying "black bag" try to place, "black shoulder bag", I think this will be more direct are could get you those readers that will be interested to your blog posts.
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  • Profile picture of the author megakits
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    The key is few rich keywords and captivating content. you can't just fill your content with meaningless phrases
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  • Profile picture of the author BeckettR
    A few tricks you can use to get good keywords-
    Google autocomplete - writing the first word related to your product/service and letting Google autocomplete finish can give you good range of ideas as of what is being searched.
    Google related searches - At the end of your search, related searches can give you some more insights on the searched keywords.
    Wikipedia - There can be good suggestions for keywords in contents, categories on a wiki page for your niche.
    Adwords - Observe the top 3 ads on the page for your niche, they are the best searched keywords Google shows, you can gain more insights to work out on your own from them.
    Use tools - Google Adwords, Wordtracker, ubersuggest, ntopic.org.

    Type of keywords you can aim for-
    LSI
    Long tail keywords
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